Rebirth of marriage

Chief Minister Cao wanted Wu Chong to hear those rumors, so he ordered people to spread the rumors into the palace. Almost all the officials who came to court today knew about Lin Shu's commitment to Cao Chengwang.

But now that Lin Shu still has palace guard sand on her arm and her body is innocent, this rumor has been disproven.

Everyone couldn't help but think of what Wu Chong and Prince Gong said before. Was it really Cao Shoufang who wanted to ruin Lin Shu's reputation in order to prevent her from saving Prince Xiao?

That person, Cao Shoufu, is too low-key and too high-profile.

This is why even people from Cao's party couldn't help but complain in their hearts that in the fight between men, it is really unbecoming to attack a woman.

Some shrewd people couldn't help but think that Chief Cao wanted Na Linshu to enter the Cao Mansion and sent people at the city gate to prevent Lin Shu from entering the city. Could it be that he knew in advance that King Xiao was poisoned and would die after sleeping for two days?

Even the imperial doctor couldn't diagnose the poison, but Cao Shoufu knew about it?

The answer is self-evident.

Only the poisoner knows it!

The emperor thought the same way. He determined that it was the Cao family who took action against King Xiao. It was because the Cao family had too many criminal records and they were looking forward to killing King Xiao all the time.

He was so alienated from him, why couldn't the Cao family tolerate a child? The more he thought about it, the more furious he became.

But he was really unable to dismantle the Cao family in one fell swoop at the moment, so he had no choice but to endure the situation and leave the court.

But the anger accumulated in the chest always had to be vented, and the queen ran into her with all her might.

The queen was always paying attention to the news from the previous dynasty. When she heard that King Xiao had woken up and had gone to court, she went back to the imperial study room before the emperor came down, and she followed him in.

"Your Majesty, I heard that King Xiao has woken up, so can the third son be spared this happy incident?"

The wedding is going to be consummated tomorrow, and the palace has not been completely sorted out yet, let alone the many processes around it, and the third prince can't even get out of bed, so Yunjiao's situation is not much better, so how will she get married tomorrow.The more she took care of it, the more she felt she had wronged the third prince.

"In your eyes, what I said is just a joke, right?" The emperor looked at her coldly, "Or maybe your Cao family doesn't take me seriously at all, so do you want your Cao family to take my position?"

"Your Majesty." The queen frowned, "Your Majesty, where did you get angry and want to take it out on me? I just feel sorry for the third child. Since King Xiao has woken up, there is no need to wrong the third child and hastily arrange the marriage. The third child is also His Majesty’s child.”

The emperor asked back, "Then do you still remember that you are King Xiao's aunt? Have you ever felt sorry for him for a moment?"

of course not.

Because the queen had the support of her natal family, she took a strong stance when marrying the emperor. At first, the emperor also tried to suppress her.

But it was useless. In the previous dynasty, he needed Chief Assistant Cao, but whenever he came close to the Queen, Chief Assistant Cao would give him a stumbling block.

In the eyes of the queen, her two sons and the emperor were one family, but Gu Xiao was never within the scope of this family, and the children of the other concubines had no chance to be born.

But she also has a soft-spoken temperament, and the emperor has been generally good to her over the years, so she is willing to live in harmony with him. In order to maintain the harmony of the family, and for the sake of her reputation with the outside world, she treated Xiao Wang badly. It's all done in secret.

The emperor was a sensible person, and he rarely mentioned Prince Xiao in recent years. This was the first time he questioned her so angrily today.

But just this one time was enough to arouse her dissatisfaction. She was already unhappy because the third prince wanted to celebrate Gu Xiao's life, so she didn't even bother to do anything to save her face. She retorted, "He has such a mean person, no How can a biological mother who obeys the rules of women deserve to be my child..."

"Shut up." The emperor's eyes suddenly split, and he roared and slapped the queen on the face, "Don't think that because you have the backing of the Cao family, I don't dare to depose the queen."

The queen had been married to the emperor for 18 years. The first time she was slapped by him was because of Gu Xiao's mother. How could she bear this grievance? She was about to fight back, but the emperor grabbed her wrist and said, "How dare you attack me?" , Cao Yanran, if it weren’t for the sake of the child, do you think I would be willing to tolerate you to this extent?”

It's a pity that I am not here for your child, but for my child.

The emperor squeezed the queen's hand tightly, "Do you believe it or not, as long as I open my mouth, the Cao family will send their daughter to the palace tomorrow. If I can make you the queen, I can also make other Cao's daughters queen, but you alone dare to challenge me." You old lady who is being attacked by the emperor, please see if your Cao family will protect you, so you'd better calm down."

"You, you..." Queen Cao was so angry that she couldn't speak for a long time. He actually said that he only tolerated her for the sake of the children. He actually said that he would choose a young Cao daughter to replace her. He actually despised her for being an old lady. .

No wonder, no wonder, in the past few years, he had used physical discomfort as an excuse to rarely get close to her, but he actually disliked her.

"You bastard." She finally cursed, but the emperor had already left the imperial study, leaving only Zhao Debao standing there with his head lowered to his chest, loading wood.

Compared with the tense situation in the palace, the atmosphere in Prince Xiao's Mansion was much more relaxed.

Lin Shu, Xie Jiu, Lou Qi, and Zhao Qingyun who came secretly all gathered in Gu Xiao's courtyard and talked about what happened in court today.

After the Cao family heard that Lin Shu had an affair with Cao Chengwang, the rumors about Lin Shu's rescue at Yuyouguan quickly overshadowed the Cao family's rumors.

Mrs. Ning set up a porridge shed in front of her home today to serve porridge. Some curious people knew that the Ning family had just returned from Yuyouguan, so they boldly asked her about it. Mrs. Ning did not answer the question about Lin Shu and Cao Chengwang, but she confirmed All the good deeds Lin Shu did during the snow disaster in Yuyouguan.

What kind of little bully is Cao Chengwang? Everyone in the capital doesn't know how a girl with a benevolent heart and medical ethics could be greedy for vanity and devote herself to him.

Just when everyone suspected that someone was deliberately spreading rumors about Lin Shu, the news that Lin Shu was granted the title of Princess of Ruian and had proved her innocence in the palace also spread to the next court.

Cao Shoufu's plan to destroy Lin Shumingjie was completely ruined, but instead brought trouble to himself.

With the imperial edict conferring Lin Shu on, and the emperor's order for Wu Chong to thoroughly investigate the rumor mongers, Cao Shoufu had to sacrifice a foreign steward for this purpose.

Even so, the Cao family could not be completely removed from this matter, and everyone still had to despise it in private.

"Yang Xiner never thought until she died that the money she earned from selling herself could actually help me get rid of today's difficulties." Lin Shu sighed.

When they sold Yang Xiner, no one wanted the money, so Xie Jiu suggested using the money to buy medicinal materials and give them to needy families during snowstorms.

Of course, Yang Xiner's money from selling her body was far from enough. She and Xie Jiu subsidized a lot privately, but their good deeds were also due to the money from selling their body, so they were helping her in disguise.

Xie Jiu was in a daze. She hadn't heard that name for a long time. The Yang family seemed to have become a distant memory for her.

She will remove the revenge she has already avenged from her heart in time, leaving only enough room in her heart for the people she cares about and the revenge she has yet to avenge.

Thinking that she had not been able to get her revenge, she calmed down and said to Lin Shu, "You can stay in Prince Xiao's Mansion these days, and I will ask Ah Xiao to accompany you to the Lin family tomorrow to settle the matter of splitting the sect. "

The Cao family's conspiracy failed, and they might plot against Lin Shu and let her live alone. Xie Jiu was worried.

Lin Shu thought for a while and said, "Okay."

She could use the excuse of taking care of Xiao Wang's health, and their brother-sister relationship was considered to be on the right track.

Outsiders can't make excuses for an orphaned man or a widowed woman.

Just when she thought this, she heard Lou Qi say, "Although you are adopted brothers and sisters, you are not related by blood. It is not appropriate for the two of you to live together. How about I move in with Jiaojiao?"

Their original house was right next door to Lin Shu. Lin Shu was not at home, and his Jiaojiao family wanted to visit occasionally but couldn't find anyone. It was so lively to live in Prince Xiao's Mansion. Anyway, they had a good relationship and everyone already knew about it.

Moreover, he was also worried that Cao's party would attack his Jiaojiao when he was not at home. If Xie Jiu hadn't reminded him to bring black feather guards to protect him, those thieves from Cao's house would have succeeded.

Gu Xiao responded to him without hesitation, then turned to Xie Jiu and said, "You and Lin Shu are good friends. She just moved to the palace and is not used to it. You can stay with her for a while."

Listening to his high-sounding reasons, Xie Jiu couldn't help but smile, thinking that she would have to deal with the fake Nihuang matter soon. Soon she would move into the Duke of Zhen's Mansion, and she would not be able to live in Prince Xiao's Mansion for a few days, so she did not refute.

Zhao Qingyun, "..."

He really wants to live in it too.

But then he thought, as long as he found the evidence earlier and the second sister got her true identity earlier, she would be able to return to the Zhenguo Palace.

Thinking like this, he couldn't sit still and had to get down to business.

Lou Qi stayed for a while and then left. When Lin Shu and the three of them were left, Lin Shu hesitantly took out a booklet from his arms and said, "Brother, there is something that I think I should let you know."